Mark Skaife
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Mark Skaife (b 3 April, 1967) is one of the most popular and successful touring car race drivers Australia has ever produced. After initial success in karting, Skaife switched to cars. He won the 2 litre Australian Touring Car Championship in 1987, and the Formula Brabham Australian Drivers Championship in 1991, 1992 and 1993.
His touring car career includes five Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar championships (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002) and five Bathurst 1000 victories (1991 and 1992 with Jim Richards driving a Nissan Skyline; 2001 with Tony Longhurst, 2002 with Jim Richards again and 2005 with Todd Kelly, the last three in Holden Commodores). A Holden driver since 1993, he now owns the Holden Racing Team. After a poor 2004 V8 Supercar season, Skaife's 2005 results have improved, finishing 5th in the championship behind his Holden Racing Team team mate Todd Kelly.
Skaife equalled touring car legend Peter Brock's record for most round victories in the Australian Touring Car Championship on April 23 2006. Brock and Skaife are tied for 37 wins. Skaife's 37th round victory came after winning the third round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship at Pukekohe, New Zealand.
| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniels Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney | 2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly | 3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones | 5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright | 7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell | 8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna | ||||
| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| John Bowe 14 Brad Jones | 15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander | Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison | 20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez | 33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto | ||||
| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Team Betta Electrical | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Fabian Coulthard | 50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy | Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes | 021 Paul Radisich
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